Julian Assange loses extradition appeal at Supreme Court
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The Intercept published a cache of private Twitter messages from Assange to his inner circle.
https://theintercept.com/2018/02/14/julian-assange...
Sorry, Julian, you don't come off looking good in them.
https://theintercept.com/2018/02/14/julian-assange...
Sorry, Julian, you don't come off looking good in them.
frankenstein12 said:
AJL308 said:
frankenstein12 said:
While I agree that it could be seen undermining the British legal system to release him the reality is this continued farce also makes the UK legal system look very bad.
The Swedish authorities wanted to drop their investigation and arrest warrant about 4 years ago however the CPS pushed them not to when it had nothing to do with the CPS. That on its own is very questionable and makes the UK judicial system look bad.
Consider how happy the UK CPS is to ignore and let so many other people guilty of actual crimes in the UK.
You then have the deleted emails etc etc. The UK justice system doesn't need any help making itself look bad. I can only assume at this point they are going for broke as they feel that letting him off skipping bail will make it look even worse given all their previous dubious actions than continuing to pursue him.
My "support" of Assange is based on the fact the original woman involved did not seek his prosecution and the second accuser only came forward in support of the first accuser.
The primary drivers behind this whole Assange farce are a Swedish politician and "seemingly" the uk CPS.
Or look at this another way. Why would he have basically locked himself away indefinitely if he was guilty of rape when the harshest sentence he could have received would have seen him a free man years ago?
Because he is a massive, massive egotist who obviously assumed (clearly wrongly) that he is bigger than God and that everything would be dropped as he's too special to offend. The Swedish authorities wanted to drop their investigation and arrest warrant about 4 years ago however the CPS pushed them not to when it had nothing to do with the CPS. That on its own is very questionable and makes the UK judicial system look bad.
Consider how happy the UK CPS is to ignore and let so many other people guilty of actual crimes in the UK.
You then have the deleted emails etc etc. The UK justice system doesn't need any help making itself look bad. I can only assume at this point they are going for broke as they feel that letting him off skipping bail will make it look even worse given all their previous dubious actions than continuing to pursue him.
My "support" of Assange is based on the fact the original woman involved did not seek his prosecution and the second accuser only came forward in support of the first accuser.
The primary drivers behind this whole Assange farce are a Swedish politician and "seemingly" the uk CPS.
Or look at this another way. Why would he have basically locked himself away indefinitely if he was guilty of rape when the harshest sentence he could have received would have seen him a free man years ago?
Edited by frankenstein12 on Wednesday 14th February 13:20
He continually refers to himself in the third person - 'nuff said!
Oh dear.
“The government of Ecuador has confirmed that it has cut off internet access in its embassy in London to Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, saying that he was putting the country’s international relations at risk.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Ecuador said that the step had been taken because Assange had failed to abide by an agreement not to interfere in the South American country’s relations with other states.”
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/28/juli...
“The government of Ecuador has confirmed that it has cut off internet access in its embassy in London to Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, saying that he was putting the country’s international relations at risk.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Ecuador said that the step had been taken because Assange had failed to abide by an agreement not to interfere in the South American country’s relations with other states.”
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/28/juli...
Murph7355 said:
Dear Ecuador - I'm not sure his social media activity is the biggest issue on that front.
How long before they turf him out?
Well, as I've said previously, it's us who should be turfing out the Ecuadorian embassy. Ecuador is conducting a gross abuse of the principle of consular privilege. An Embassy is not given special protection in order to be allowed to hide fugitives lawfully wanted by the host Country. How long before they turf him out?
AJL308 said:
Murph7355 said:
Dear Ecuador - I'm not sure his social media activity is the biggest issue on that front.
How long before they turf him out?
Well, as I've said previously, it's us who should be turfing out the Ecuadorian embassy. Ecuador is conducting a gross abuse of the principle of consular privilege. An Embassy is not given special protection in order to be allowed to hide fugitives lawfully wanted by the host Country. How long before they turf him out?
This is quite something, even for Assange.
Guardian said:
But the documents showed the way in which the relationship between Assange and his hosts deteriorated over time.
In an extraordinary breach of diplomatic protocol, Assange hacked into the communications system within the embassy and had his own satellite internet access, according to a source who wished to remain anonymous. By penetrating the embassy’s firewall, Assange was able to access and intercept the official and personal communications of staff, the source claimed.
In 2014, the company hired to film Assange’s visitors was warning the Ecuadorian government that he was “intercepting and gathering information from the embassy and the people who worked there”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/15/revealed-ecuador-spent-millions-julian-assange-spy-operation-embassy-londonIn an extraordinary breach of diplomatic protocol, Assange hacked into the communications system within the embassy and had his own satellite internet access, according to a source who wished to remain anonymous. By penetrating the embassy’s firewall, Assange was able to access and intercept the official and personal communications of staff, the source claimed.
In 2014, the company hired to film Assange’s visitors was warning the Ecuadorian government that he was “intercepting and gathering information from the embassy and the people who worked there”.
Looks like his stay at the embassy might be coming to an end.
'Ecuador in talks to evict Julian Assange, its ‘stone in the shoe’
The South American state and UK ministers are trying to find a way to evict the WikiLeaks founder from its London embassy'
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ecuador-in-talk...
Ecuador is ready to hand over the WikiLeaks founder to the UK in “coming weeks or even days,” RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said citing her own sources, as prospects of his eviction from the embassy are back in the media.
https://www.rt.com/news/433783-wikileaks-assange-e...
'Ecuador in talks to evict Julian Assange, its ‘stone in the shoe’
The South American state and UK ministers are trying to find a way to evict the WikiLeaks founder from its London embassy'
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ecuador-in-talk...
Ecuador is ready to hand over the WikiLeaks founder to the UK in “coming weeks or even days,” RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said citing her own sources, as prospects of his eviction from the embassy are back in the media.
https://www.rt.com/news/433783-wikileaks-assange-e...
The Mad Monk said:
BlackLabel said:
The South American state and UK ministers are trying to find a way to evict the WikiLeaks founder from its London embassy'
Why don't they put his possessions into plastic bin bags and push him out of the door?Didn't Ecuador make him a citizen or diplomat or something? They appear to have given themselves a problem (which could never have been foreseen!). Presumably it's hard for them to now reverse it without legal issues... Cases of reap what you so all over the place on this one.
Murph7355 said:
The Mad Monk said:
BlackLabel said:
The South American state and UK ministers are trying to find a way to evict the WikiLeaks founder from its London embassy'
Why don't they put his possessions into plastic bin bags and push him out of the door?Didn't Ecuador make him a citizen or diplomat or something? They appear to have given themselves a problem (which could never have been foreseen!). Presumably it's hard for them to now reverse it without legal issues... Cases of reap what you so all over the place on this one.
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